Good luck to him if he can find a club daft enough to pay that for an overweight youngster. Much as I would love to keep our promising players, we cannot afford to spend that sort of money on potential currently.
Well done to the young, committed lads who smashed it again last night.
Part of the problem is that its not really daft. In a market where these kids are commodities £20k a week is arguably a justifiable investment for the big clubs given the potential up side.
Take Morgan Rogers for example, Man City paid us £4m and lets say they gave him £20k per week. Total outlay over 2 years is around £6m. I believe Bournemouth's promotion means they are now committed to paying £9m and he is still completely unproven. I don't know how much they paid for Liam Delap, but I guess they could sell him for £10m quite easily. They sold Sancho for £9m too having taken him from Watford and there has been others.
20k is probably not the norm. I imagine they have plenty on much less, albeit still first team level wages compared to players in the championship but there is certainly an argument that 20k a week for the best youngsters is not only sustainable but ultimately profitable.
Until the laws and regulations mean they need to compensate the development club more, its not going to stop.
